Matsumoto, Tomomi
Chaki, Tomohiro http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8898-3977
Hirata, Naoyuki
Yamakage, Michiaki
Article History
Received: 29 August 2018
Accepted: 26 September 2018
First Online: 8 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Tomakomai City Hospital, Japan (approval code: 1605) and was registered in the UMIN-Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN trial ID: UMIN000023030). Written informed consents were received from all patients before participation in this study.
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